Artist Information

B. 1975
Kenjiro NIINO is the representative of N studio, who has been proposing various grand scales, visionary projects in unique approaches. Niino’s narrative and sometimes preposterous art project had started from focusing on daily realities of his life. Now, the scale of his focus expanded toward much more global and historical realities of the world that his recent projects hold the clear visions for the future in which the present societies are having difficulties to propose. His deviate methods toward contemporary art are suggestive gestures to the new concept of art by even foreseeing the reconstructions of the present civilizations. Niino studied the sustainable community design in the collage. His broad experiences from theater and spatial design to a world round travel gave him the foundations for his grand scale visions and his unique activities.

Official Website: Keijiro Niino

EXHIBITION

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2010 [PROPOSALS FOR ALL MANKIND] CENTRAL EAST TOKYO 10, MURAKAMI-BLG. TOKYO
2009 F/T STATION FESTIVAL TOKYO IKEBUKURO, TOKYO
2007 [A GUY DECIDED TO STAY IN A HOLE FOR 3 DAYS] CENTRAL EAST TOKYO 07, TOKYO
2006 [FOR THE BEGINNING OF ALL THE WORLD VOL.1] POLYPHONIC VIEWING ROOM, NIHONBASHI, TOKYO
2005 [WORLD IS NOT HELL, BUT SOMETIMES COMPLETELY HELL ITSELF] POLYPONIC, CENTRAL EAST TOKYO 05, TOKYO
2004 [RECONSTRACTION PROJECT WITH Mr. TAKANO.] CENTRAL EAST TOKYO 04, KOMURO-BLG. TOKYO

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2010 TOKYO SOURCE FESTIVAL [HOT JAPAN!!!] DAIKANYAMA, TOKYO
[WORLD HARMONIZE PROJECT] AT SHANGHAI SCULPTURAL PARK IN THE EXPO PROJECT/
CREATIVE PARK SHIBUYA, MAY 2010
[WORLD HARMONIZE PROJECT] OFFICE 339, SHANGHAI, CHINA
[CHANGHAI EXPO SCULPTURAL PARK PROJECT] SPACE ZERO GALLERY, SHINJUKU, TOKYO
2009 [AAN CHOICE]NOGE HANAHANA, YOKOHAMA, KANAGAWA
[TOKYO INDEPENDENT] CO-EXIST, AKIHABARA, TOKYO
[WORLD HARMONIZE PROJECT NO.1] AT UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY COURTYARD, AOYAMA, TOKYO
[WORLD HARMONIZE PROJECT NO.2] AT ICHINO-YU, KAMATA, TOKYO
[WORLD HARMONIZE PROJECT NO.3] AT YOKOHAMA TAKASHIMAYA, YOKOHAMA, KANAGAWA
[WORLD HARMONIZE PROJECT NO.4] AT IKETANI, NIIGATA
2008 [THE HOUSE] A MULTI-FACED MIRROR ROPPONGI, TOKYO
2007 [DEPOSITORS MEETING] ART & RIVER BANK, DEN-EN CHOFU, TOKYO
2006 [FOR THE BEGINNING OF ALL THE WORLD VOL.2] GEISAI#10 TOKYO BIGSITE, ARIAKE, TOKYO
[THE SCENE 11 THAT ACTERS CANNOT BE OVER AND RESTART AGAIN] WHITE HOUSE, CENTRAL EAST TOKYO 06, TOKYO
2005 [INDEX#1] CURATED BY KENTARO ICHIHARA ART ZONE, KYOTO

title: Where are you now on the globe?

Materials
a photo Onagawa map from Google earth, GPS, compass, binoclec, white ink

Artist Information

Born in Aichi, Japan, Lives and works in Tokyo.
Graduated from Musashino Art University graduate course

Official Website: KYOCO TANIYAMA

Solo Exhibition

1997　Gallery Q-s (Tokyo, Japan)
1998　Za Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
1999　GALERIA RASEN (Tokyo, Japan)
2000　INAX Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2000　MCO Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
2004　“Crossing” inart gallery (Osaka, Japan)
2004　“Fragment” Gallery ASK? (Tokyo, Japan)
2005 “Daily necessities” Gallery Speak For (Tokyo, Japan)
2006　“Echo” void+ (Tokyo, Japan)
2010　“Lat/Long prject I’m here. KOKO NI IRU YO.” BOKUTO Machi-Mise 100days projecrt Contemporary art Factory + 12places in Sumida-ku BOKUTO area (Tokyo, Japan)

Group Exhibition

1998　Morphe’98 (Nansei-cho , Mie, Japan)
1998 “PHILIP MORRIS ART AWARD 1998 Final Selection” (Tokyo, Japan)
2000　KANAGAWA ART ANNUAL (kanagawa prefectual hall gallery, Yokohama, Japan)
2000　“PHILIP MORRIS ART AWARD 2000 Final Selection” (Tokyo, Japan)
“Reading the Art Museum” (Tokyo National Museum, Japan)
2001　“Homesickness in Daylights” (KASUGAI City Library, Calture Art Center, Japan)
“Space jack!” (Yokohama museum of art, Art Gallery+Yokohama portside gallery)
2003　“Another World Museum” (Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan)
2003　“108” (Ise foundation N.Y Gallery)
“ARCHITYPES” (Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Canada)
2004　“ARCHITYPES” (Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, Australia)
2005　“ARCHITYPES” (Canadian Embassy, Tokyo)
2005　“with books” (Heyri Keumsan Gallery, Korea)　
2005　“Art Fair in Seoul” (Seoul art center, Korea)
2006　“Cool 4” (Gallery 360°, Tokyo, Japan)
2007　“Attempt” (MUSEUN HAUS KASUYA , Kanagawa, Japan)
2008　“AOBA+ART”(Utsukushigaoka residential area, AOBA ward Yokohama, Japan)
2009　“ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNALE 2009”(Tokamachi-city Niigata, Japan)
2009　“Sito-Osaka 2009”(Nakanoshima-Park Osaka, Japan)
2009　“Hiroshima Art Project 2009 KIPPO-MARU” (Yoshijima region, Hiroshima, Japan)
2009　“Trolls in the Park 2009- Open Air Art Exhibition” (Zenpukuji-park Tokyo, Japan)
2010　“Dazzling, Garando” (The university art museum, Tokyo university of the art, Japan)
2010　“Setouchi international art festival 2010” ( Ogijima Takamatsu city Kagawa, Japan)
2010　“Rokko Meets Art” ( mt. Rooko Kobe city Hyogo, Japan)
2011　”Lat/Long project I’m here. KOKO NI IRU YO. ” (A.I.R. HOTELPUPIK in Austria)
2010　”Lat/Long project I’m here. KOKO NI IRU YO.” (AOBA+ART2011, Yokohama)

Commission Works

2004　“Trees” at Shuwa Hospital (Saitama,Japana)
2004　7 sculptures for the buiding Habis ENT promenade (Station building, Umeda Osaka, Japan)
2005　“Everyone’s forest” at Kansai Medical University Hirakata Hospital Child Ward (Oasaka,Japan)
2006　Public Art Project at Narashino Hospital (Saitama, Japan)
2007　4 sculptures for the entrance of condominium “BRANZ AKASAKA”(Tokyo,Japan)
2011　“Everyone’s forest” at Takatsuki Rehabilitaion Hospital Child Ward (Oasaka,Japan)

Artist Information

Born 1977 in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture
Graduated from Miyagi Educational University

Exhibitions:

2012 “Creating is Living,” The Great Eastern Japan
Earthquake Rebuilding Aupport Project –
3331Arts Chiyoda
Symposium: What art can do for the disaster
affected area – Ezuko Hall, Okawara town, Miyagi
“Diarect shop” – Setagaya creative school

2011 Tohoku – KyushuProjec(touring exhibition in
Kyoshu)
Art Plumbing Plan Kesennuma –
Minamimachi cadocco, Kesennnuma city,
Miyagi

Projects:

2012 – present Light from 311 (acting director)
　　　　　　　　MEETS Project
2006 – 2009 Free Paper Tamaniwa (vol.0 – 8)